Laurencia is one such person...
]]>www.sustainlane.com:r/101212008-12-19T01:33:51Z Review of Chez Panisse Restaurant: foodies mecca 37.879593 -122.268875 got to love Chez Panisse, decades ahead of the curve for promoting local, organic food. Yes, it's expensive and elitist. But Alice Waters and Michael Pollan have also been the vanguard. make the pilgrimage! read more »
]]>www.sustainlane.com:r/101202008-12-19T00:22:44Z Review of Floresta: Healing lives and Landscapes- Floresta I had the opportunity to visit a Floresta reforestation and community development project for the first time this year- it was awesome! Floresta teaches the rural poor sustainable agricultural techniques that allow them to both feed their families and protect their environment. It respects local... read more »
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Floresta has the privilege of working with some very special and talented people, many of whom also happen to be very poor. They challenge my western middle-class stereotypes of poor people as somehow less intelligent, hard working or entrepreneurial.
got to love Chez Panisse, decades ahead of the curve for promoting local, organic food. Yes, it's expensive and elitist. But Alice Waters and Michael Pollan have also been the vanguard. make the pilgrimage! read more » 